Three Questions
Leo Tolstoy (1828–1910) was a Russian writer, philosopher, and social thinker, widely regarded as one of the greatest novelists of all time. His works explore themes of morality, human nature, and the meaning of life.
Tolstoy embraced Christian anarchism and nonviolence, influencing figures like Mahatma Gandhi and Martin Luther King Jr. He rejected materialism, advocated for simple living, and criticized institutionalized religion.
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Question No. 1
“Here come someone running”- Who is the speaker? Who was running? Why did he comes running? What happened to him there after?
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What brought the bearded man towards the hermit cell? What treatment did she received there?
Ans.
The hermit in Leo Tolstoy’s “Three Question”, said to this to the Tsar.
A bearded man came running out of the would.
The bearded man come to kill the Tsar because the Tsar had killed his brother and also seized the property. He was coming in haste because he somehow managed to escape from the clutches of the Tsar bodyguard who would have killed him and wounded him bitterly.
The bearded man was the Tsar’s enemy who wanted to kill the Tsar but recognized by the bodyguard’s of the Tsar and got wound on the stomach.
Getting no answer of his Three Question when the Tsar was about to leave the place, the hermit called the attention of the Tsar to a man running towards them. The man was holding his hand against his stomach and blood was flowing profusely from there. He fell fainting on the ground. So the Tsar along with the hermit, engaged to nurse the wounded man. At first they unfastened the man’s clothing. The Tsar bandage his wound with his own handkerchief and with a towel of the hermit. But as blood kept flowing, the Tsar washed and rebandaged wound again and again. At last, the blood stopped flowing and man got back his sense. The Tsar gave him some fresh water to drink and carried him inside the hermit cell and laid him on the bed.
- “The Eyes Have It”- Ruskin Bond
- “Thank You Ma’am”- Langston Hughes
- “Strong Roots”- APJ Abdul Kalam
- “Three Questions”- Leo Tolstoy
- “On Killing A Tree”- Gieve Patel
- “Asleep In The Valley”- Arthur Rimbaud
- “Shall I Compare Thee?”- William Shakespeare
- “The Poetry of Earth”- John Keats
